The Correlation between Acupuncture Therapy on Knee Osteoarthritis and BMI

In Ho Yeo; Jung Hyun Kim; Se Ho Jung; Na Young Jo; Jeong Du Roh; Kap Sung Kim; Seung Deok Lee; Eun Jung Kim; Cham Kyul Lee; Eun Yong Lee

doi:10.13045/acupunct.2013009

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Yeo, Kim, Jung, Jo, Roh, Kim, Lee, Kim, Lee, and Lee: The Correlation between Acupuncture Therapy on Knee Osteoarthritis and BMI

Original Article

The Acupuncture 2013; 30(3): 101-107.

Published online: June 20, 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.13045/acupunct.2013009

The Correlation between Acupuncture Therapy on Knee Osteoarthritis and BMI

In Ho Yeo¹, Jung Hyun Kim², Se Ho Jung¹, Na Young Jo², Jeong Du Roh², Kap Sung Kim³, Seung Deok Lee³, Eun Jung Kim³, Cham Kyul Lee¹, Eun Yong Lee^1,^*

¹Department of Acupuncture & Moxibustion Medicine, Chung-Ju Hospital of Traditional Korean Medicine, Semyung University

²Department of Acupuncture & Moxibustion Medicine, Je-Cheon Hospital of Traditional Korean Medicine, Semyung University

³Department of Acupuncture & Moxibustion Medicine, Hospital of Traditional Korean Medicine, Dongguk University

^*Corresponding author : Department of Acupuncture & Moxibustion Medicine, Chung-Ju Hospital of Traditional Korean Medicine, Semyung University, 63, Sangbang 4-gil, Chungju-si, Chungcheongbuk-do 380-080, Republic of Korea Tel : +82-43-841-1735 E-mail : acupley@semyung.ac.kr

Received May 10, 2013 Revised May 25, 2013 Accepted May 25, 2013

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Abstract

Objectives :

The purpose of this study is to investigate the correlation between acupuncture therapy on knee osteoarthritis and BMI.

Methods :

Data on assessment measurements of knee osteoarthritis and obesity were obtained from 31 patients suffering from knee osteoarthritis from May, 2011 to September, 2012. The assesment measurements consisted of body mass index(BMI), visual analogue scale(VAS) and Western Ontario and McMaster Universities(WOMAC) index. Statistical correlations among assessment measurements were evaluated by examining the Pearson’s correlation coefficients.

Results :

1. The average age of all patients was 58.87 ± 9.48(male : 63.67 ± 11.34, female : 57.72 ± 8.86).

2. The average BMI of all patients was 25.41 ± 3.06 kg/m². According to clinical definition of obesity by Korean Society for the Study of Obesity, 25.81% of all patients was within normal weight, 25.81% was overweight, 38.71% was obesity and 9.67% was morbid obesity.

3. There were no significant correlations in statistics among assessment measurements.

Conclusions :

There is significant correlation between knee osteoarthritis and obesity according to many clinical and experimental researches. So more studies on correlation between knee osteoarthritis and obesity and development of assessment measurement are needed.

Key Words: Knee osteoarthritis; Obesity; Correlation; BMI; VAS; WOMAC index.

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